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The manuscript deals with the religious merit and sanctity of various sacred places and may be classified as a Tīrtha-māhātmya text. The extant passage describes a series of sacred tīrthas, including Agastya Tīrtha, Ananta Tīrtha, Tāraka Tīrtha, Sahasrasundarī Tīrtha, Anāliṅga Tīrtha, Āpa Tīrtha, Vāgīśvarī Tīrtha, and Viṣṇunāpa Tīrtha. For each tīrtha, the text specifies auspicious dates, lunar days, weekdays, and solar transitions, together with the rituals of bathing and worship and the spiritual or worldly benefits derived from them. The promised rewards include fulfilment of wishes, wealth, longevity, removal of fear, acquisition of friends, gems, grain, and the destruction of sins. The reference to Śākyamuni Buddha suggests a Buddhist Newar religious context. A marginal note in the manuscript contains the word “Svāyaṃ” (possibly referring to the Svāyambhu Purāṇa), and it is therefore possible that the tīrthas described in the text are derived from or related to the Svāyambhu Purāṇa. This, however, remains a tentative observation pending detailed textual comparison.The first page is the lower side of that folio. The second folio does not contain any page number.
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